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Average market income by economic family types
(2000 to 2004)
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  $ constant 2004
Economic families1,   two people or more 66,400 67,000 66,900 66,300 68,100
Elderly families2 29,400 29,100 30,100 29,700 30,600
Elderly married couples 27,800 28,400 28,700 28,800 30,400
All other elderly families 35,200 32,000 35,600 32,900 31,600
Non-elderly families3 72,400 73,200 72,900 72,500 74,700
Married couples 68,100 72,200 70,700 68,700 69,500
No earner 23,700 28,000 25,000 22,500 22,400
One earner 52,100 56,400 50,900 51,600 54,500
Two earners 79,800 83,500 83,400 79,800 79,200
Two parent families with children4 80,300 80,700 81,000 82,200 85,300
No earner 6,300 7,000 8,400 7,500 8,300E
One earner 55,900 56,200 59,900 61,000 58,600
Two earners 82,400 82,300 81,900 82,800 85,700
Three or more earners 102,200 102,900 101,000 102,200 108,000
Married couples with other relatives 101,800 97,900 98,100 97,400 101,100
Lone-parent families4 29,400 30,000 28,200 29,000 29,500
Male lone-parent families 50,200 46,000 46,100 50,500 47,500
Female lone-parent families 25,200 26,700 24,000 24,200 25,400
No earner 1,400 2,400 2,200 2,500 3,600
One earner 26,800 28,000 25,900 25,000 26,700
Two or more earners 47,300 49,700 42,000 44,100 40,800
All other non-elderly families 56,500 56,200 58,100 53,400 56,400
Unattached individuals 23,800 24,500 25,000 25,800 25,800
Elderly male 13,300 15,200 14,900 16,200 15,400
Non-earner 11,300 13,300 12,000 12,100 13,200
Earner 24,400 27,000 27,300 30,400 23,800
Elderly female 10,600 11,400 12,000 11,800 12,400
Non-earner 9,700 10,300 11,300 10,800 11,300
Earner 23,400 26,300 20,300 19,700 21,900
Non-elderly males 31,300 31,700 31,900 32,900 32,300
Non-earner 2,600 4,200 4,700 5,300 4,900E
Earner 36,700 37,000 37,500 38,700 37,400
Non-elderly female 24,300 24,700 26,300 26,800 26,800
Non-earner 4,200 4,900 4,600 6,200 6,000
Earner 31,000 31,400 32,900 32,700 32,600
E : use with caution.
Note: Average market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and self-employment), investment income, (private) retirement income, and items under "Other income". It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers.
1. An economic family is a group of individuals sharing a common dwelling unit who are related by blood, marriage (including common-law relationships) or adoption.
2. Families in which the major income earner is 65 years of age and over.
3. Families in which the major income earner is less than 65 years of age.
4. With children less than 18 years of age.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table (for fee) 202-0202 and Catalogue no. 75-202-XIE.
Last modified: 2006-03-28.

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